Environmental Impact of Animal-Based Food Production and the Feasibility of a Shift Toward Sustainable Plant-Based Diets in the United States

Environmental Impact of Animal-Based Food Production and the Feasibility of a Shift Toward Sustainable Plant-Based Diets in the United States

Evidence consistently suggests that plant-based diets promote human and planetary health. Reducing large-scale animal-based food production generates environmental benefits, as the entire livestock agriculture chain plays an outsized role in greenhouse gas emissions, land change and degradation, and...

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Main Authors: Alan Espinosa-Marrón, Kate Adams, Lea Sinno, Alejandra Cantu-Aldana, Martha Tamez, Abrania Marrero, Shilpa N. Bhupathiraju, Josiemer Mattei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Sustainability
Subjects:
plant-forward diet
plant-based diet
animal-based diet
planetary health
food production
food policy
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frsus.2022.841106/full

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